Crudely drawn cartoon Spider-Man with elongated head and stubble, known as Spoderman

Spoderman

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Published September 28, 2026

Spoderman, also known as Spodermen or Spooderman, is an MS Paint drawing of a poorly rendered Spider-Man that debuted in the Dolan comic community on FunnyJunk in March 2012. The character built a cult following through catchphrases like 'sweg' and 'an fagit' and racked up tens of millions of YouTube views, then hit a surprise revival in August 2026 when a Canadian theater employee hand-drew a Spoderman-style poster for Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

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Overview

The Spoderman format pairs deliberately ugly MS Paint art with broken English and misspelled words. Signature phrases include 'sweg,' 'u is an fagit,' and stretched Dolan-style lines about 'spoders' and 'chiks'1. The drawings look like something a bored kid scribbled during class, and that lo-fi ugliness is the entire joke.

Most Spoderman content reuses the same crude figure across single-panel jokes, Dolan crossover strips, and long-running YouTube skits. The character speaks in lowercase, mangles the names of Marvel supporting cast, and often shares scenes with Dolan and Gooby2. Urban Dictionary describes him as 'the knockoff version of spoderman' who loves 'big meks from mcdolans'9.

Origin & Background

Platform
FunnyJunk (Dolan comics) / YouTube (viral spread)
Date
2012

The earliest known Spoderman post surfaced on FunnyJunk on March 29th, 2012, when user evilfederation uploaded the crude MS Paint drawing; the image later gathered more than 770 upvotes and 64,000 views on the site1. Commenters piled on with reposts and captions using intentionally misspelled Spider-Man names like Mery Jen and Grin Gublin4.

A day later, on March 30th, 2012, FunnyJunk user koalablast folded the character into the Dolan comic universe with a science-lab origin panel where Dolan mutates into Spoderman and utters, 'So many spoders'2.

How It Spread

YouTube gave Spoderman its bigger audience. Dolan Duk uploaded 'The Uncle Dolan Show Episode 1' on April 12th, 2012, introducing Spoderman as a supporting character; the video passed 1.5 million views over the following years3. Two dedicated channels launched on July 23rd, 2012, with Spoderman Internatiunal debuting the 'Spoderman Theme Song' the same day4.

The rival Spodermen channel drew the bigger crowd, reporting 329,000 subscribers and 31.6 million total views by August 2017. Its January 15th, 2013 clip 'Spoderman: How to Have Swag' pulled 2.6 million views4.

In August 2026, the character got a fresh spotlight. Famous Players employee Drake Landon in Prince George, British Columbia, drew a hand-made Spider-Man: Brand New Day poster in Spoderman style after the official artwork never arrived at his theater. Radio station 101.3 The River posted the picture to Facebook on August 8th, 2026, drawing roughly 720 reactions and 40 comments5. An August 11th repost to r/marvelstudios collected over 54,000 upvotes6, and the Instagram account Collect shared it on August 12th, 2026 to more than 169,200 likes7. Landon (Reddit user Single_Storm9743) later posted to r/marvelstudios that the theater had to take the poster down8.

Timeline

2012-03-29

FunnyJunk user evilfederation uploads the earliest known Spoderman image, a crude MS Paint Spider-Man drawing.

2012-03-30

FunnyJunk user koalablast posts a Dolan comic where Dolan transforms into Spoderman and says 'So many spoders.'

2012-04-12

YouTuber Dolan Duk uploads 'The Uncle Dolan Show Episode 1,' introducing Spoderman on video.

2012-07-23

Two Spoderman YouTube channels launch, including Spoderman Internatiunal, which posts the 'Spoderman Theme Song.'

2013-01-15

The Spodermen channel uploads 'Spoderman: How to Have Swag,' which grows to over 2.6 million views.

2026-08-08

Radio station 101.3 The River posts photos of Drake Landon's hand-drawn Spoderman-style Brand New Day poster on Facebook.

2026-08-11

The theater poster hits r/marvelstudios and collects over 54,000 upvotes in two days.

2026-08-12

Instagram account Collect reposts the poster story; Landon confirms on Reddit that the theater had to take it down.

How to Use This Meme

Spoderman is typically drawn in MS Paint or a similar low-effort tool, using shaky lines and mismatched proportions on the classic Spider-Man silhouette. Captions are usually all lowercase with heavy misspellings, common examples being 'sweg,' 'u is an fagit,' 'chik,' and 'spoders' in place of 'spiders.' Creators often place Spoderman next to other Dolan comic figures like Gooby or Dolan, or drop him into pop-culture parody scenes.

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